For instance, when Inspector Gadget gets a new assignment it always says it will self-destruct. He always reads this notice, but never pays it much attention. He carelessly tosses it behind him, where it explodes on his boss. Inspector Gadget's carelessness teaches children that they should take warnings lightly. They also become confused again about danger, because his boss never gets hurt he just turns black from the smoke. .
I witnessed this first-hand when I babysat two young boys. We watched an episode of the "Ninja Turtles," and then the boys decided they wanted to play. They raced to put on their ninja headbands and pulled out their toy guns, chains and other weapons. They began shooting at each other, trying to "kill the bad guy." I told them to stop because they might hurt each other. They shrugged their shoulders and said they would not hurt for long, because they are tough like Wiley Coyote. They said they wanted to "kill" each other because that is what the turtles did, and the turtles are their heroes.
Cartoons not only cause children to become careless with their actions, but they also confuse real heroes with cartoon characters. Heroes in cartoons are characters such as the Ninja Turtles, the Power Rangers, and Inspector Gadget. These "heroes" kill people, hurt people, and explode things to save the day. The Power Rangers are especially violent heroes. In every episode they kill people or destroy things, and then they are applauded because they "saved the day." These are not only children's heroes, they are children's role models. These role models are teaching children that if they kill people or hurt people, then they will become heroes. True heroes do not participate in these actions to "save the day." .
True heroes are the firefighters and rescue workers in New York City who saved thousands of people on September 11. Real heroes show selfless acts of bravery and kindness. A hero can be as simple as a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity or a brave as a fire fighter that rushes in and out of burning buildings saving children and adults.
On June 17, 1972 five men were arrested during an attempted burglary at the Democratic Party Headquarters. The headquarters were at the luxurious apartment and office complex called the Watergate. These five men dressed in business suits and latex gloves were caught because of the lack of planning...
The My Lai Massacre 1968 was a year of protests, assassinations, the Vietnam War, and the My Lai Massacre. ... The next morning, March 16, Calley ordered his men to go on a "search and destroy" mission. ... My Lai Massacre was covered up that same day. ...
At 2:30 A.M. on the morning of June 17, 1972 police arrived at the Watergate Complex in downtown Washington D.C. ... In what would be known as "The Saturday Night Massacre- Nixon fired Archibald Cox, forced Attorney General Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William D. ...
The superintendent of the schools ordered the schools to remain closed because of the fear of violence and to avoid the endangerment of the students and faculty, a decision made because of the recent Oregon community college campus massacre in October and the San Bernardino terrorist shootings in December. ... Her son was shot and killed early Saturday, December 26, 2015, the morning when police were called to his father's house in the West Garfield Park neighborhood for a domestic disturbance. ...
For example, violence in some of our well-known comedy shows, such as Saturday Night Live and Lethal Weapon 3 could be part of these messages that get sent out to our school age youth (Glazner 802. ... On Tuesday, April 20, 1999, a date many will not forget, the Columbine "Littleton- Massacre occurred. ... It all began in the morning while all students were either at lunch or hard at work preparing for different things. ...
Geography: Location: 54 00 N, 2 00 W Capital City: London History: back to top National Holidays: Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, celebrated on the second Saturday in June (1926) Significant Dates: November 14, 1991: Indictments Issued for Pan Am flight 103 The United Kingdom issued indictments against two Libyans for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1989. ... During the morning of February 7, 1991, three mortar rounds were fired at No. 10 Downing Street, the London residence of British prime minister John Major. ... March 16, 1988: Milltown Massacre At the fune...
With so many people taking part in such massacres and so many leaders either out of power, dead, or missing, who does take the blame? ... I really enjoyed how he named all the " Big Men" in the various countries and made them actual people and not just names that I would read in the paper on a Saturday morning. ...
News of the Columbine massacre flashed across newspapers and television stations across the world. ... A study done by the Center for Communication Policy at UCLA found an increase in excessive violence shown on Saturday morning children's shows. ...
The First Battle of Ypres was the beginning of three major battles fought around the medieval town of Ypres in Belgium. The Germans had occupied Ypres for a brief time, however, the British Expeditionary Force took the town and held it for the reminder of the war. The Germans had many attempts to taking the town, however, the Allies resisted attacks and held the town through out the battles. Nevertheless, they felt the damage done by the Germans; and had suffered a great amount of causalities. Trench systems were built surrounding the area of Ypres and remained in the Western Front through o...
